Chp 2 Characteristics of life

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

Living thing

Question 2

Metabolism

Answer 2

Sum of all the chemical reaction in an organism

Question 3

Continuity of life

Answer 3

Living things arise from other living things of the same type

Question 4

Organisation

Answer 4

Living things are composed of cell, tissue, organ and organ system

Question 5

Nutrition

Answer 5

Way organism obtains and use food

Question 6

Identifying life

Answer 6

Have organisation
Use energy
Grows and develops
Excretes
Reproduces
Response

Question 7

Growth

Answer 7

Increase in size

Question 8

Development

Answer 8

Change in form or shape

Question 9

Excretion

Answer 9

Elimination of waste products of metabolisms from a cell, tissue or organ

Question 10

Response

Answer 10

Reaction to stimulus in environment

Question 11

Adaptation

Answer 11

Change in response to long-term changes in environment - may pass on to future generations

Question 12

Reproduction

Answer 12

Ability to produce new individuals of its own kind and pass on genetic information to next generation

Question 13

Sexual reproduction

Answer 13

2 parents and production of male and female gametes

Question 14

Asexual reproduction

Answer 14

A type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes